Klosterman Versus Villains

Why do we cast some public figures as bad guys while excusing the sins of others? In tis archive episode of Think, we’ll investigate the biases and contradictions of our culture this hour with Chuck Klosterman, who reflects on the human need to label “good” and “evil” in his newest collection of essays, I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) (Scribner, 2013).